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Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979, in Manhattan, New York City, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali musician Ravi Shankar. [2] [10] After her parents separated in 1986, Jones lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. As a child, Jones began singing in church and also took piano and ...
Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist of Anglo-American and Bengali descent. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and half-sister of sitarist Anoushka Shankar. [1]
An affair with Sue Jones, a New York concert producer, led to the birth of Norah Jones in 1979. [108] He separated from Shastri in 1981 and lived with Jones until 1986. He began an affair in 1978 with married tanpura player Sukanya Rajan, whom he had known since 1972, [108] which led to the birth of their daughter Anoushka Shankar in 1981.
Today the talented Norah Jones released her fourth solo record titled "The Fall." She probably wasn't referring to her "fall from grace" in the eyes of a few Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, neighbors.
“There is no reason for Americans to be complicit in the ongoing human rights violations against the Cuban people.”
In 2002, Jones released her solo debut Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies and produced three commercially released singles. [2] The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New ...
Norah Jones talks about her funky new garage-soul album, 'Visions,' and about her love of Willie Nelson and Joni Mitchell.
Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar, who died in 1992. As a teenager, Shankar lived in Encinitas, California, and attended San Dieguito High School Academy. A 1999 honours graduate and homecoming queen, she pursued a career in music rather ...